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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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    "content": "There is also the issue of the Essar Company. I just wish the Committee had indicated if it still exists. I heard Hon. Kazungu say that Essar is now Yu Mobile Company. Are they the same directors? Even if we were to take action, what action will we take and against who? It is unfortunate. I wish the Committee had got a CR12 for us. I think it is not even a Kenyan company. It is a Mauritian company because it was registered in Mauritius. It is important for us to understand whether Essar is still in existence or not. If they have transformed themselves to Yu Mobile Company, then we need to tell the Government that this Yu Mobile Company, which is coming had some very dirty past with us and we would not like to be engaged with them. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Committee has come up with far reaching recommendations that can be taken against Essar. The only issue that I have with the Report and Recommendation No.412, which states that the Government should fast-track the development of a new and modern refinery, is that we do not know whether we have the budget or not. The Report is here, but if the institution had appeared before the budget-making process, we could have allocated it some money. Of course, privatisation has been brought up in terms of how we can privatise and the Committee came up with a very good recommendation that the Privatisation Act should be amended to ensure public participation. It has always been what other people think, but if the public is involved in terms of giving a way forward, it will be good. The Coast people would have given a way forward. I remember Hon. Mwinyi had brought an issue to do with the same. When the Mover will be replying, he should, at least, give us specifics. When you talk about the Government, it is a big entity. So, if it is a Ministry, let it be specified that this Ministry should take this responsibility. Then when we take this up as a Select Committee on Implementation, we will not be gobbling in terms of where to go in the Government. We will see that the Committee has indicated that we are going to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and that is where we will put our efforts. With those few remarks, it is important for us, as the Select Committee on Implementation, to get these facts correctly so that when this Report is adopted, and I hope it will be adopted tomorrow when the Question is put, we can take it up. I totally agree that Kenyans The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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